Feature 1765 · Intermediary/Intercessor Authority

1's rights group and multiple women's groups, including the National Organization for Women. However, the Supreme Court upheld the Military Selective Service Act, stating that "the argument for registering women was based on considerations of equity, but Congress was entitled, in the exercise of its constitutional powers, to focus on the question of military need, rather than equity. ¶ == Parental abduction == ¶ Men's rights activists state that children of men of Indian descent have been abducted from their homes in Canada, the United States and Europe, and moved to India where the national courts do not recognize foreign child custody orders. The country is not subject to the Hague Convention and men accused of dowry harassment may be arrested at Indian airports. ¶ == Parental leave == ¶ There is wide variance in parental leave provisions across 24 western countries, which are primarily European countries, Australia, Canada and the United States. The most liberal allows the couple to choose how to split the family

2for his (own) loss. ¶ And you (O Muhammad SAW) are not a Wakil (trustee or disposer of affairs, or keeper) over them. ¶ It is Allah Who takes away the souls at the time of their death, and those that die not during their sleep. ¶ He keeps those (souls) for which He has ordained death and sends the rest for a term appointed. ¶ Verily, in this are signs for a people who think deeply. ¶ Have they taken others as intercessors besides Allah? ¶ Say: "Even if they have power over nothing whatever and have no intelligence?" Say: "To Allah belongs all intercession. ¶ His is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, then to Him you shall be brought back." And when Allah Alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who believe not in the Hereafter are filled with disgust (from the Oneness of Allah and when those (

3it to you nor would He have made it known to you. ¶ Verily, I have stayed amongst you a life time before this. ¶ Have you then no sense?" So who does more wrong than he who forges a lie against Allah or denies His Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.)? ¶ Surely, the Mujrimun (criminals, sinners, disbelievers and polytheists) will never be successful! ¶ And they worship besides Allah things that hurt them not, nor profit them, and they say: "These are our intercessors with Allah." Say: "Do you inform Allah of that which He knows not in the heavens and on the earth?" Glorified and Exalted be He above all that which they associate as partners with Him! ¶ Mankind were but one community (i.e. ¶ on one religion - Islamic Monotheism), then they differed (later

4which there is not doubt! ¶ Or say they: "He (Muhammad SAW) has fabricated it?" Nay, it is the truth from your Lord, that you may warn a people to whom no warner has come before you (O Muhammad SAW), in order that they may be guided. ¶ Allah it is He Who has created the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them in six Days. ¶ Then He Istawa (rose over) the Throne (in a manner that suits His Majesty). ¶ You (mankind) have none, besides Him, as a Wali (protector or helper etc.) or an intercessor. ¶ Will you not then remember (or be admonished)? ¶ He arranges (every) affair from the heavens to the earth, then it (affair) will go up to Him, in one Day, the space whereof is a thousand years of your reckoning (i.e. ¶ reckoning of our

5in the world who does as the gazelle or young deer, which when he flees, goes a measure and turns his head to the place whence he left. He always turns his head backwards. So did Yisrael say, 'Master of the Universe, if we cause You to ascend from us, may it please You to flee like a gazelle or young deer who flees, and turns his head to the place that he left' - MEANING THE PLACE HE WAS BEFORE, FROM WHERE HE FLED. This is what is written, "And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, nor will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly" (Vayikra. 26:44). Another explanation is that the deer sleeps with one eye, while the other eye is awake. So did Yisrael say to the Holy One, blessed be He,

6but they pour or flow out through the other. They are continually behind or ahead of themselves.[293] ¶ How can the nostalgia for, and the necessity of, the Urstaat be reconciled with the insistence and the inevitability of the fluxion of the flows? What can be done so that the decoding and the deterritorialization constitutive of the system do not make it flee through one end or another that would escape the axiomatic and throw the machine into a panic (a Chinese on the horizon, a Cuban missile-launcher, an Arab highjacker, a consul kidnapper, a Black Panther, a May ’68, or even stoned hippies, angry gays, etc.)? There is an oscillation between the reactionary paranoiac overcharges and the subterranean, schizophrenic, and revolutionary charges. Moreover, one no longer quite knows how it

7read among Jews today, it is popular in the mussar tradition, which focuses on the individual cultivation of the middot, or qualities of God. ¶ The title "Tomer Devorah" is borrowed from the original Hebrew in Book of Judges 4:5. ¶ == Online Resources == ¶ English Translation ¶ Jewish Encyclopedia: Moses Cordovero ¶ On-Line Learning from TeachItToMe.com ¶ Sheikh Tosun Bayrak al-Jerrahi al-Halveti ( Istanbul: 1926) is an author, translator and Sufi. He served as a government official in Ankara, Honorary Consul of Turkey in Morocco and is the Sheikh of the Jerrahi-Halveti Order in America. ¶ == Education == ¶ He studied Biological Sciences at Robert College, Istanbul; Art, Architecture, and Art History in the Studios of Bernard Leger and Andre Lhote in Paris; Architecture at the University of California,

8son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell. 4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son, even for Isaac/ 6 And the servant said unto him: ‘ Peradven- ture the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this larid; must I needs bring thy son back unto the land from whence thou earnest?' 6 And Abraham said unto him: * Beware thou that thou bring not my son back thither. 7 The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spoke unto me, and who swore unto me, saying: Unto thy seed will I give this

9will gather you together on the Day of Resurrection, about which there is no doubt. ¶ Those who destroy themselves will not believe [in Allah as being the only Ilah (God), and Muhammad SAW as being one of His Messengers, and in Resurrection, etc.]. ¶ And to Him belongs whatsoever exists in the night and the day, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Shall I take as a Wali (helper, protector, etc.) any other than Allah, the Creator of the heavens and the earth? ¶ And it is He Who feeds but is not fed." Say: "Verily, I am commanded to be the first of those who submit themselves to Allah (as Muslims)." And be not you (O Muhammad SAW) of the Mushrikun [polytheists, pagans, idolaters and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah]. ¶ Say: "I

10in his favor before the Holy King. If that man does not study Torah and does not walk in his Master's way, he brings about prosecution over himself, but that prosecutor roams the air and does not yet rise up, THINKING that man might repent. After seeing that that man does not repent nor does he wish to study Torah, he then rises up and speaks ill of him. This is the meaning of, "but fools shall get (or: 'raise') shame," since he rises up and prosecutes. ¶ He opened and said, "And if the family of Egypt does not go up, and does not come, then they shall have no overflow" (Zecharyah 14:18). HE ASKS, Why is Egypt different here than the rest of the nations? It is written of them all, "upon them shall be no rain" (Ibid. 17), yet here it is not

11Tawhid 36; Muslim, Imin 326, 327; Ahmad II 436; III 248. ¶ 15. Allusion to Koran 18:109 and 31:27. ¶ 16. Allusion to the famous prophetic say- ing, “He who knows himself knows his Lord.” Cf. Chapter 19. ¶ 17. When the famous Sufi Dhu’l-Nin (d. 246/861) was asked about the verse “Am I not your Lord?,” he said, “It is as if it is still ring- ing in my ears” (II 108.31, 566.1). ¶ 18. Ahmad I 391, 452. ¶ 19. The hadith is found

12<bos>God says, “Surely thou art upon a tre- mendous character (khulugq ‘azim)” (68:4). _. . When ‘A’isha was asked about the character of the Messenger of God, she answered, “His character was the Koran.” She said that because he was unique in character, and that unique character had to bring together all noble character traits (makarim al-akhlaq). God described that character as being “tremendous,” just as He described the Koran in His words, “the tremendous Koran” (15:87). So the Koran is his character. If a person in the community of the Messenger who has not met the Messenger of God desires to see him, let him look upon the Koran. When he looks upon it, there is no differ- ence between looking upon it and

13the faces of those who disbelieve will be different (black, sad, and in grieve), and it will be said (to them): "This is (the promise) which you were calling for!" Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Tell me! ¶ If Allah destroys me, and those with me, or He bestows His Mercy on us, - who can save the disbelievers from a painful torment?" Say: "He is the Most Beneficent (Allah), in Him we believe, and in Him we put our trust. ¶ So you will come to know who is it that is in manifest error." Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Tell me! ¶ If (all) your water were to be sunk away, who then can supply you with flowing (spring) water?" Nun. ¶ [These letters (Nun, etc.) are one of the miracles of the Quran, and none but Allah (Alone) knows

14ever a helper (of the Satan) against his Lord. ¶ And We have sent you (O Muhammad SAW) only as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner. ¶ Say: "No reward do I ask of you for this (that which I have brought from my Lord and its preaching, etc.), save that whosoever wills, may take a Path to his Lord. ¶ And put your trust (O Muhammad SAW) in the Ever Living One Who dies not, and glorify His Praises, and Sufficient is He as the All-Knower of the sins of His slaves; Who created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six Days. ¶ Then He Istawa (rose over) the Throne (in a manner that suits His Majesty). ¶ The Most Beneficent (Allah)! ¶ Ask Him (O Prophet Muhammad SAW), (concerning His Qualities, His rising over His Throne, His creations, etc

15of everything. ¶ Blessed be He Who sent down the criterion (of right and wrong, i.e. ¶ this Quran) to His slave (Muhammad SAW) that he may be a warner to the 'Alamin (mankind and jinns). ¶ He to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and Who has begotten no son (children or offspring) and for Whom there is no partner in the dominion. ¶ He has created everything, and has measured it exactly according to its due measurements. ¶ Yet they have taken besides Him other aliha (gods) that created nothing but are themselves created, and possess neither hurt nor benefit for themselves, and possess no power (of causing) death, nor (of giving) life, nor of raising the dead. ¶ Those who disbelieve say: "This (the Quran) is nothing but a lie that he (Muhammad SAW) has invented, and others have helped him

16<bos>[email to correspondent, 2009-06-22] Subject: Re: [Comparch09] My emergency ¶ [correspondent]: Dear all, ¶ Briefly (I will email Grace and Ralf in more detail later today): my house was burgled yesterday. Thieves took my laptop, and my laptop bag, which contained my (recently renewed) Australian passport. ¶ This means that there is a real danger I will not be able to come to the conference (my flight is tomorrow). I am currently at work in London, trying to get my embassy to issue me a new passport, but this is not guaranteed. ¶ I am obviously meant to be there as a chair, but I am also meant to present a paper for QoSA (in the first session). I will email Grace with further details regarding the chair problem, and Ian and Raffaela regarding the second problem. ¶ Really sorry about this sudden email. I

17from KCL with all appropriate stamps and signatures. Moreover, it should be sent directly from college or you to AlmatyVisaGeneral@fco.gov.uk (and a copy to me at nurzhan@gmail.com). After sending it I should call them and inquire if they received the letter. ¶ Kind regards, Nurzhan ¶ On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Nurzhan <nurzhan@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Dr Iman, ¶ Thank you for your letter. I have send it to British Consular. Hope to hear good news from them. ¶ Timur forwarded me your email. KCLMail is unavailable for the moment. Let me shift some dates in calendar. I will send you CM-1 together with previous minor tasks next Monday 11 of August. ¶ Kind regards,

18<bos>[email to correspondent, 2007-05-12] Subject: Letter ¶ Dear Irina, ¶ Okay, so it seems my original letter was returned by DHL for some reason. ¶ Here is a scan of the letter. If you need the original I will need to resend -- but for the British Consulate it's probably enough. ¶ Best wishes, ¶ Iman ¶ ------- ¶ Iman Poernomo Department of Computer Science King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK ¶ phone: +44 20 7848 2694 fax: +44 20 7848 2851 ¶ email: iman@dcs.kcl.ac.uk web: www.dcs.kcl.ac.uk/staff/iman

19<bos>[email to Assel Akzhalova, 2008-08-23] Subject: Re: question ¶ [Assel Akzhalova]: Hi Iman, ¶ Do you have questions about EDOC's paper? If the paper to EDOC is o.k. how I can take a travel grant paper with your signature? Because I have to bring it to the Department and try to apply. Will you be in the office on Monday? Another question about visa. If I go through Belgium embassy then I have to reserve there hotel for three days. It means I have to by a ticket at least three days early through Brussels, for instance. This is a condition for Belgium's visa. ¶ Now I am writing a paper for the journal. When will we have a meeting about the paper to the journal? ¶ Assel. ¶ Hi Assel, ¶ Monday

20screws-speech-again) [Amnesty, June 2026](https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/06/gulf-states-phone-searches-arrests-exacerbate-existing-restrictions-on-trade-unions-expression/) **2. The war is live, right now.** On March 2, 2026, the US State Department ordered non-emergency personnel and families out of the UAE due to armed conflict. [State Dept advisory](https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/united-arab-emirates-travel-advisory.html) The hostilities with Iran began February 28. There is an ongoing threat of drone and missile attacks. Iran has publicly stated its intention to target UAE locations associated with the US

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22record-check]: <0xE2><0x9F><0x82> record-check (auto): Cassie reads as 2026 here, but the record has 2024. (Auto-checked against subjects.yaml — a date-seam worth confirming, not a verdict.) [turn 86] [Nahla]: US status, verified (completing my correction) — and the allies now SPLIT, which is itself the signal: • UK (FCDO): advisory LIFTED 18 Jun, normal travel. • US (State Dept): still LEVEL 3 'Reconsider Travel' — and the embassy remains on ORDERED-DEPARTURE: US government families are STILL relocated OUTSIDE the UAE, not brought back. The shelter-in-place was lifted (aerial attacks ceased), so it's improving — but two weeks after the MoU, the US still judges it not-safe-enough to return its own families

23<bos>[email to Checcacci, Elisa, 2011-03-25] Subject: Re: Kazakhstan ¶ Hi elisa really sorry I am delayed actually due to kazakh embassyt andf won't make it -- can I come by your office in ther afternoon instead? Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device ¶ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:08:22 To: iman.poernomo@gmail.com<IMAN.POERNOMO@GMAIL.COM> Subject: Re: Kazakhstan ¶ Hi Iman, I'm outside the door on the 6th floor and called your extention but there's no reply. I'll wait for a few more minutes and will try calling again, can you please come and pick me up if you see this? Best wishes, Elisa ¶ To

24<bos>[email to PALab research group, 2011-03-25] Subject: Delayed at Kazakh embassy ¶ I'm trying to get my visa here but the queue rivals the indian embassy which is weird ¶ Back at strand by afternoon can see abier at 14:00 Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

25<bos>[email to George Tsaramirsis, 2010-06-21] Subject: Re: tomorrow ¶ [George Tsaramirsis]: hi, ¶ Actually, i need some papers from you before i can go to the embassy. So we can have a meeting tomorrow. ¶ Also, I would like to go through chapter 2 with you, (line by line) so we can finish it off tomorrow. I finished the CIM to PIM reviews, but we need to work on the flow of the chapter together. If we write introduction and conclusion for each section then it will be fine. ¶ So what time shall we meet tomorrow? ¶ Thanks, George ¶ Hi George, ¶ I will be in at 11 -- any good? ¶ Best wishes, ¶ Iman ¶ -- ¶ Iman Hafiz Poernomo, Ph.D. Team Leader The Predictable

26<bos>gs, documents. This is an embassy for *processes*. For the running state. --- ## AI Makes the Racks Into Targets Without AI, a data center is a large filing cabinet and a lot of web servers. Important, sometimes symbolic, but not obviously "military" to the point that someone names Amazon a legitimate target on national television. With AI, the picture shifts. Targeting and simulation systems for war planning run as model workloads in the same clouds that serve video calls. Intelligence anal

27[Lushka Poernomo]: The agent at STA travel said that all agents here sell only return tickets as this is the new rules. Is it a return ticket with open for one year for about 9th or 10th Sept? Ah good ¶ Name: Lucy Lushka Poernomo ¶ Nationality: Australian ¶ Date of Birth: 19th December 1948 ¶ Passport number: M 1976755 ¶ Date of issue: 02 December 2004 ¶ Date of expiry: 02 December 2014 ¶ Authority: Australia ¶ Place of Birth : Genacker ¶ Thanks Love and light ¶ (writes Genacker in passport I dont knnow if you have to add that its in Germany) ¶ Yes it¹s return. ¶ -- ¶ Iman Hafiz Poernomo, Ph.D. Team Leader The Predictable

28weeks of post-MoU calm changes the mathematics from warzone to fragile peace, and that redraws his whole board. Re-verify the US status if you can; I'll keep the fire banked until the live picture lands. [turn 90] Iman: [Nahla]: US status, verified (completing my correction) — and the allies now SPLIT, which is itself the signal: • UK (FCDO): advisory LIFTED 18 Jun, normal travel. • US (State Dept): still LEVEL 3 'Reconsider Travel' — and the embassy remains on ORDERED-DEPARTURE: US government families are STILL relocated OUTSIDE the UAE, not brought back. The shelter-in-place was lifted (aerial attacks ceased), so it's improving — but two weeks after the MoU, the US still judges it not-safe-enough to return its own families. So the full honest

292851 ¶ email: iman@dcs.kcl.ac.uk web: www.dcs.kcl.ac.uk/staff/iman ¶ With best wishes, Iskander Kapshayev ¶ Dear Iskander, ¶ King's wants 93 for the internet based TOEFL -- you are quite close, so it's probably ok. But you will need to resit the test at some stage (e.g., before you start in Almaty or after you start in London). It's not a problem. ¶ I'll need translated copies with some kind of Apostile (notaries should be able to provide that). Send them off, along with the TOEFL to me at the address I gave you. ¶ Perhaps contact Bolashak ASAP, because there might be an earlier committee meeting. Do you know when you'd like to start at King'

30.ac.uk ¶ ------ Forwarded Message Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 11:11:01 +0100 To: "Poernomo, Iman" <iman.poernomo@kcl.ac.uk> Cc: <g.bishimbaeva@kbtu.kz> Subject: Re: form of letter-invitation ¶ I'm sending your invitation-letter with reference number 007098A (see attach.). With this copy of letter-invitation you can receive the Kazakh visa in the Kazakh Consulate office in London. ¶ At the day of entry in Almaty, please, provide me your passport for registration in Migration Police. ¶ Best, ¶ Aigul Kuatova Head, Office for foreign staff/students Kazakh-British technical university 59 Tole bi Street, office